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Issue #14 · Friday, July 10, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.8 | | Worth noting The S&P 500 crossed above 7,500 since yesterday. | | S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained ground as chip strength and lower oil prices offset cautious market sentiment heading into earnings season. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,543.64 +0.81%
+0.81% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,206.89 +1.30%
+0.64% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,487.41 +0.27%
+0.35% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,992.54 +1.22%
-0.67% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | META Meta | +4.70% | | TSLA Tesla | +3.17% | | SPCX SpaceX | +2.60% |
| Laggards | GOOGL Alphabet | -0.84% | | NVDA Nvidia | -0.66% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.27% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Trading above both its 50-day (7,424.39) and 200-day (6,960.73) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,609.78; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 61 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is the VIX? A real-time index of how much volatility the market expects in the S&P 500 over the next 30 days. High VIX = fear and big expected swings; low VIX = calm. It describes mood — it doesn't predict direction. |
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